Received: from mail-vb0-f61.google.com ([209.85.212.61]:62691) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1T6Sbc-0004Md-I4; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:42:08 -0700 Received: by vbzb23 with SMTP id b23sf6231753vbz.16 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:41:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=x-beenthere:date:from:to:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject :mime-version:x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=voLRbHI4w0j0kLanHNC39SBT8EjZNI8kdWxl9JxqSNk=; b=BrYpZcDtVAX3Ytg0Oz7un/QQITG2XoVSUE+S5S+vVBxYSGJS6chqOMu7DHkXw/SVue iYh0CjHnbWm2hTwTUD+0IA8NWOXgZNsvtf1lmOvkC83MUSDs6YJzlZnF9BwVCc+7PizR bhbaHSfl9JAVt8mIi10d7St4mqv1KH7of043hw2eUePmp74jsRPBm7sU5dD/SqTDh5gZ 5INUBUBPMWeX5q5RXmdbtd1oON7G2Fmt4tScFQDrFaZroINCgH8lvewnyhMhPdI5vGmW vyJP4eA/bP0nonlVFjuDXD9bjwziW7aDTjpInDzKMGdwC4cEZAvSls9cMn6aNfPLv6he bg4w== Received: by 10.236.170.7 with SMTP id o7mr1340186yhl.3.1346186501325; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:41:41 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.236.113.178 with SMTP id a38ls1256885yhh.9.gmail; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:41:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.182.35 with SMTP id n23mr1350997yhm.5.1346186500556; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:41:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:41:39 -0700 (PDT) From: iesk To: lojban@googlegroups.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <2320FCB7-86FE-4E30-9F24-DAD6E40024D7@evertype.com> <925d17561003280714y30d5eb1fo19b9f97eb6902eaa@mail.gmail.com> <4BAF7446.6070008@gmail.com> <20100328192909.GG6600@digitalkingdom.org> <925d17561003281729t30ffbfcbge6209c18f8d01d36@mail.gmail.com> <06B70573-D388-4FA0-8F64-9BB9FFAFB2EC@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [lojban] la .alis. MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: pa.fae@gmx.de X-Original-Authentication-Results: ls.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of pa.fae@gmx.de designates internal as permitted sender) smtp.mail=pa.fae@gmx.de; dkim=pass header.i=@gmx.de Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_600_8804285.1346186499885" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / ------=_Part_600_8804285.1346186499885 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le dimanche 26 ao=FBt 2012 14:16:54 UTC+2, xorxes a =E9crit : A different issue are symbols like 1, 2, 3 that stand for words, or if=20 you were to use =AB as replacement for lu rather than in addition to it.= =20 In that case the reader needs to know how to pronounce the symbol,=20 which now is part of the text, and its location obviously has to be=20 where the spelled out word would have been.=20 ta'a Cf. http://www.loglan.org/Texts/nepo-neri-vizgoi.html and: =91Note the use of the Loglan left-quotation-mark *=AB*, pronounced /l= i/,=20 of course. When we see this mark, or any other abbreviating mark, we know= =20 that the writer is "punctuating" w's text. We can then expect w to use=20 punctuation marks instead of punctuation words, letterals instead of letter= =20 words, and numerals instead of number words throughout w's composition.=92 I think it=92s interesting, but horrible. .e'o mi'o na'e zukte tai la'e do'= i Btw, I think that {=ABlu =85 li=92u=BB} looks better than {lu=AB =85 =BBli'= u}. I think=20 that =ABSwiss=BB looks better than =BBGerman=AB, and =BBGerman=AB looks bet= ter than=20 =BBSwedish=BB, but as you can see, different people do things in different = ways=20 and are used to different styles. Regarding for Mr Christopher Plummer=92s hypothetical performance: I think = he=20 could do {=ABlu =85 li=92u=BB} just fine, as French narrators apparently ha= ve no=20 problems with {=AB Quotation quotation, says the speaker, quotation=20 quotation. =BB}. In some books, a single opening quotation marks the=20 beginning of a whole block of dialogue, which ends with a single closing=20 quotation mark. In other books, there is an opening quotation mark at the= =20 beginning of every single line of text, and just one closing mark at the=20 end. Many people are used to =91technical=92 (character-exact) quotation today, = but=20 that=92s not the only way to use quotation marks. In Lojban, especially, we= =20 can take some liberties because, supposedly, real confusion cannot arise. I think the style adopted for http://alis.lojban.org/ is good. (The only=20 thing that slightly irritates me is that there are no dots at rising=20 diphthongs, ie {ui} where I would have expected {.ui} and would utter a=20 glottal stop.) -iesk --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lo= jban/-/WE2M4nZvMDQJ. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegrou= ps.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= ?hl=3Den. ------=_Part_600_8804285.1346186499885 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le dimanche 26 ao=FBt 2012 14:16:54 UTC+2, xorxes a =E9crit :
 = ;A different issue are symbols like 1, 2, 3 that stand for words, or if
 you were to use =AB as replacement for lu rather than in additio= n to it.
 In that case the reader needs to know how to pronounce= the symbol,
 which now is part of the text, and its location obviously = has to be
 where the spelled out word would have been.

ta'a

Cf. http://www.loglan.org/Texts/nepo-neri-vizgoi.htmland: =91Note the use of the Loglan left-quotation-mark =AB, pronou= nced=20 /li/, of course. When we see this mark, or any other abbreviating mark,=20 we know that the writer is "punctuating" w's text. We can then expect w=20 to use punctuation marks instead of punctuation words, letterals instead of letter words, and numerals instead of number words throughout w's=20 composition.=92

I think it=92s interesting, but horrible. .e'o mi'o = na'e zukte tai la'e do'i

Btw, I think that {=ABlu =85 li=92u=BB} loo= ks better than {lu=AB =85 =BBli'u}. I think that =ABSwiss=BB looks better t= han =BBGerman=AB, and =BBGerman=AB looks better than =BBSwedish=BB, but as = you can see, different people do things in different ways and are used to d= ifferent styles.

Regarding for Mr Christopher Plummer=92s hypothetic= al performance: I think he could do {=ABlu =85 li=92u=BB} just fine, as Fre= nch narrators apparently have no problems with {=AB Quotation quotation, sa= ys the speaker, quotation quotation. =BB}. In some books, a single opening = quotation marks the beginning of a whole block of dialogue, which ends with= a single closing quotation mark. In other books, there is an opening quota= tion mark at the beginning of every single line of text, and just one closi= ng mark at the end.

Many people are used to =91technical=92 (charact= er-exact) quotation today, but that=92s not the only way to use quotation m= arks. In Lojban, especially, we can take some liberties because, supposedly= , real confusion cannot arise.

I think the style adopted for http://= alis.lojban.org/ is good. (The only thing that slightly irritates me is tha= t there are no dots at rising diphthongs, ie {ui} where I would have expect= ed {.ui} and would utter a glottal stop.)

-iesk

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